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Why are antiretrovirals not efficacious in treating H1N1 influenza?
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Because H1N1 influenza viruses are not retroviruses. Therefore, they are treated with antivirals instead of antiretrovirals. They are also from different families of viruses. Influenza viruses, like H1N1, are in the viral family called Orthomyxoviridae. Retroviruses are from the viral family Retroviridae. Retroviruses are very different viruses with different methods of replication and, therefore, require different treatment.
The influenza viruses and retroviruses are alike in that they are considered RNA viruses. Some people mistakenly think that the R in RNA stands for retrovirus - it actually stands for Ribonucleic acid. (DNA is Deoxyribonucleic acid). While retroviruses and H1N1 are both RNA viruses (instead of DNA viruses), retroviruses are able to transcribe that RNA into DNA, which is what instructs the cells they infect in the viral replication process. H1N1 does not convert its RNA into DNA. The term "retro" in retrovirus refers to this reversal that makes DNA out of the RNA.
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What is the latest H1N1 infection being called officially by WHO?
Swine influenza A (H1N1)
What strain of influenza is the seasonal flu?
Seasonal flu vaccines carry an H1N1 component, an H3N2 strain and an influenza B strain. The H1N1 component is not the Novel H1N1 strain that is in the swine flu vaccine
What does Swine Flu stand for?
It stands for Influenza A H1N1.
Can black people get H1N1?
yep, influenza does not discriminate
Is Swine Flu a type of influenza?
Yes, it is the Influenza caused by the Type A H1N1/09 virus.
Are all influenza Type A viruses the Swine Flu?
No, the pandemic A-H1N1/09 "swine flu" is just one of many Type A influenza strains. It is also one of many H1N1 flu subtypes. Besides Type A influenzas, there are also influenza Types B and C in humans.
What is the other word for swin flu?
Influenza A virus subtype H1N1
What type of virus is the H1N1 classified as?
It is a Type A Influenza virus with RNA genome.Also called Swine Flu, the 2009 Pandemic Flu, 2009 Swine Flu, and A-H1N1/09.
Can a vet treat the Swine Flu?
Not unless the vet is treating a pig or other animal since they are not trained or licensed to treat humans. The treatment for H1N1 (swine flu) varies from species to species: dogs, cats, ferrets, poultry and other birds are among the animals who have become infected with swine flu in addition to pigs and that might be treated by a veterinarian.There are vaccines for the strain of swine flu from the pandemic (that is the 2009 Novel H1N1 flu when it mutated to become the triple (some say quintuple) reassortant human to human influenza virus of the pandemic (H1N1/09). Vets do regularly treat pigs for their swine flu (H1N1) symptoms and sometimes give them vaccinations to prevent the spread with H1N1 vaccine for pigs.In treating pigs with H1N1, A veterinarian can work with swine producers who have droves affected with swine influenza virus, but there really isn't a treatment, supportive care and nutritional supplementation. Currently there is also not a swine vaccine for influenza that is in routine use, mostly because commercial swine production is done with extensive biosecurity and the risk of introducing influenza into the drove is pretty low.
Can penicillin be used to treat H1N1?
NO!!!! penicillin, and all other anti-biotics are NOT affective against viruses, of which H1N1, and regular influenza are.
Can you donate blood after the H1N1 shot?
Yes. There is no longer a waiting period between when you get any influenza shot, including H1N1, and when you can give blood.
What is influenza A subtype N1H1?
H1N1 is a grouping of viruses that are subtypes of the Type A Influenza viruses. There are three types of influenza viruses that people get: Type A, Type B, and Type C. The type A H1N1 subtype of viruses are the most common cause of flu in humans (around half of all flu cases in 2006, for example). Some strains of H1N1 are also found to cause disease in other animals such as birds and pigs. The H1N1 subtype has been responsible for some major flu pandemics in recent history, for example, the post-World War 1 Spanish flu in 1918 and the 2009 swine flu pandemic (A-H1N1/09) were both due to Type A H1N1 virus subtypes.See related question below for more information about the virus that caused the 2009 Pandemic: Novel H1N1 Swine Flu also known as A-H1N1/09 virus.
